Frank Ifield - Discography

Francis Edward ‘Frank’ Ifield, born November 30, 1937 in Coundon, Warwickshire, England, is an English-born Australian easy listening and country music singer who often incorporated yodeling into his performances. Ifield achieved considerable success in the early 1960s, especially in the UK Singles Chart, where he had four No. 1 hits in 1962 and 1963.

Born to Australian parents, Ifield emigrated to Dural, 50 km (31 miles) from Sydney, with his parents in 1946. It was a rural district and he listened to hillbilly music (now called country) while milking the cows. He learned how to yodel in imitation of country stars like Hank Snow. At the age of 13 he recorded ‘Did You See My Daddy Over There?’, and by 19 was the No. 1 recording star in Australia and New Zealand. He returned to the UK in 1959.

His recordings include ‘Nobody's Darling but Mine’, ‘I'm Confessin'’ (his fourth and final UK No. 1), ‘Mule Train’ and ‘Don't Blame Me’. In 1963 he sang at the Grand Ole Opry, introduced by one of his heroes, Hank Snow.

Ifield starred in the 1965 comedy musical ‘Up Jumped a Swagman’.

Ifield had been told by his management not to yodel because it would brand him. Nevertheless, he sang ‘She Taught Me to Yodel’ as an encore in a Royal Command Performance at the specific request of the Queen Mother to sing a yodelling song. In 1991, Ifield returned to the UK chart when a dance remix of ‘She Taught Me to Yodel’, called ‘The Yodelling Song’, billed as 'Frank Ifield featuring the Backroom Boys', reached No. 40 in the UK Singles Chart. In more than 30 years, it is his 16th appearance on that list.